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1 1 Amend Senate File 2037 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 29 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 331.309 CONFINEMENT
1 5 FEEDING OPERATIONS – SITING ORDINANCE.
1 6 1. As used in this section:
1 7 a. "Animal feeding operation structure" means the
1 8 same as defined in section 455B.161.
1 9 b. "Animal weight capacity" means the same as
1 10 defined in section 455B.161.
1 11 c. "Confinement feeding operation" means the same
1 12 as defined in section 455B.161.
1 13 2. a. Notwithstanding section 335.2, a county may
1 14 adopt a confinement feeding operations siting
1 15 ordinance, pursuant to section 331.302. The purpose
1 16 of the ordinance shall be to approve the siting of a
1 17 confinement feeding operation regardless of whether
1 18 the county has adopted an ordinance under chapter 335
1 19 or regardless of the classification of the confinement
1 20 feeding operation. The ordinance shall provide
1 21 authority to a county to approve the site of the
1 22 construction or expansion of a confinement feeding
1 23 operation, including confinement feeding operation
1 24 buildings and related animal feeding operation
1 25 structures in order to preserve and protect natural
1 26 resources, including water sources and fragile
1 27 environmental locations; lessen congestion and
1 28 overcrowding of confinement feeding operations,
1 29 especially near cities; and to protect the health and
1 30 welfare of the public.
1 31 b. The ordinance shall provide for a method and
1 32 procedure required to approve the site. In
1 33 administering the ordinance, the county shall
1 34 establish a confinement feeding operations siting
1 35 commission which shall review each proposal for the
1 36 construction or expansion of a confinement feeding
1 37 operation, and recommend to the county board of
1 38 supervisors that the board approve or disapprove the
1 39 proposal. The board shall appoint five members of the
1 40 commission. Four members shall not reside in a city,
1 41 and one member shall reside in a city. At least three
1 42 members shall be or have been actively engaged in
1 43 animal agriculture. The commission shall make its
1 44 recommendation to the board within forty-five days
1 45 from the date that the board receives a complete
1 46 proposal. The board shall approve or disapprove a
1 47 proposal within forty-five days from the date that the
1 48 board receives the commission's recommendation.
1 49 c. A confinement feeding operations siting
1 50 ordinance shall not apply to a confinement feeding
2 1 operation, if either of the following apply:
2 2 (1) Only bovine or poultry are confined in the
2 3 confinement feeding operation.
2 4 (2) The confinement feeding operation has an
2 5 animal weight capacity of less than three hundred
2 6 thousand pounds."
2 7 #2. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
2 8 word "zoning" the following: "and siting".
2 9 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
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2 13 EUGENE FRAISE
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2 17 JOHN P. KIBBIE
2 18 PATTY JUDGE
2 19 ANDY MCKEAN
2 20 MARY A. LUNDBY
2 21 RODNEY HALVORSON
2 22 TOM FLYNN
2 23 ALBERT G. SORENSEN
2 24 SF 2037.211 76
2 25 da/jj
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